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Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-8961

CVE-2016-8961

Description

IBM BigFix Inventory v9 could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, using an open redirect attack. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof the URL displayed to redirect a user to a malicious Web site that would appear to be trusted. This could allow the attacker to obtain highly sensitive information or conduct further attacks against the victim.

Affected products

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Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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